Browns blog: Anderson should keep job for another week

All the Derek Anderson bashers are going to come out after the Browns lost, 14-11, to the Redskins on Sunday. It was an inept performance all the way around by the offense.

The aggression showed against the Giants was absent.

Braylon Edwards said the Browns might have taken the Redskins lightly. If that is truly the case, then there is a serious problem brewing. I mean, we are not talking about the 2007 New England Patriots. We are talking about a team that squeaked by the Bengals and surprised the Giants.

As badly as the Browns played for 3 1/2 quarters, they should have won. But they blew it midway through the fourth quarter when they had first-and-goal at the 1 and did not get in. One pass in the four-play sequence was thrown to Charles Ali.

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Ali is a good blocker, but until that two-yard loss he never touched the ball from scrimmage either last season or this season. When the Browns had a chance to tie the game at the end, they got too greedy instead of trying to get 10 yards closer so Phil Dawson would not have to kick a 54-yard field goal. Dawson's kick was wide right.

The defense played well enough despite giving up 175 yards rushing to Clinton Portis.

Much of the blame will end up on Anderson's shoulders, and he certainly deserves some of it for passing for just six yards in the first quarter and completing 3 of 14 passes in the first half. But he did not get much help.

Edwards dropped four passes. He dropped two in the first half and said missed opportunities by the offense made him lose his concentration. On second hearing, it sounded like he was blaming Anderson. He needs to take care of his own house first.

Romeo Crennel should not switch to Brady Quinn now, as much as fans want him to. Anderson passed for 310 yards and two touchdowns last week. You don't bench a quarterback two weeks later.